Pledge to review environment laws and fund environmental defenders welcome...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Labor has pledged to explore options to set up a federal environmental oversight body and reverse the current government's attempts to transfer...
View ArticleFlaws in plan to hand over assessment powers to states (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) on the draft assessment agreement shows NSW policy allows for companies to double count sites as biodiversity and carbon offsets, even though this...
View ArticleCarmichael coal mine conditions are not ‘strict’ (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) When he re-approved Adani's Carmichael coal mine last week Environment Minister Greg Hunt said the project had been approved 'subject to 36 of the...
View ArticleMore info required: no go for mine expansion in Sydney water catchment (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The PAC today chose not to approve or reject the company's application, which would see an expansion of the Russell Vale mine in the catchment area...
View ArticleAustralia quietly adds 49 species to threatened and endangered lists
Brush-tailed bettong, three-toed snake-tooth skink, swift parrot and types of orchid and albatross listed...
View ArticleNational Landcare grants start to flow across South West region (Australian...
(Source: Australian Government) Minister for the Environment The Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Rick Wilson MP Federal Member for O'Connor Joint media release 20...
View ArticleA fine balance: saving Australia’s unique wildlife in a contested land (CSIRO...
(Source: CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) The Brigalow Belt in Queensland is a national hotspot for wildlife, especially for birds and reptiles. Many of these, such...
View ArticleQueensland land-clearing plans approved by LNP under investigation
Federal environment department ‘now looking’ at plans to clear 1,310 sq km of bushland, approved by former government but not referred to commonwealth...
View ArticleAnnex: LIFE programme: 2015 projects (European Commission -...
(Source: European Commission - Directorate-General for Environment) The European Commission has approved an investment package of €222.7 million from the EU budget to support Europe's transition to a...
View ArticleDeforestation surges in Queensland ahead of crackdown on land clearing
WWF reports landholders ‘panic clearing’ under the new Labor government in anticipation of protections being restored...
View ArticleNational Landcare grants start to flow across Peel-Harvey region (Department...
(Source: Department of the Environment - Australian Government) Minister for the Environment The Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Andrew Hastie MP Federal Member for...
View ArticleEvery Episode of David Attenborough’s Life Series, Ranked
BBC / Anton_Ivanov / Rich Carey / Neirfy / Resul Muslu / Starcea Gheorghe Silviu / Georgia Evans / Tanawat Ariya / Shutterstock / Paul Spella / The Atlantic This Sunday, Sir David Attenborough,...
View ArticleElection 2016: Letters to the editor, May 8, 2016
LETTERS It is going to be a long contest of ideas ("Election 2016: a welcome contest of ideas", May 7-8). Let us hope more light than heat will be generated in the process and scaremongering by either...
View ArticleGreens to double Perth tree canopy by 2040 (Australian Greens)
(Source: Australian Greens) Perth's tree canopy will double across the city by 2040 with every resident living within five minutes of a greenway under the Greens Urban Forest plan announced today....
View Article03/03/2016: Rocklands Feasibility Study (CuDeco Limited)
(Source: CuDeco Limited) Feasibility Study ACN. 000 317 251 MARKET RELEASE 3rd March 2016 ROCKLANDS GROUP COPPER PROJECT (CDU 100%) ROCKLANDS FEASIBILITY STUDY Cloncurry mining company CuDeco Limited...
View ArticleAbbott/Turnbull government’s environmental record ‘more bad than good’ (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'It is very disappointing to look back at this government's environmental record and see so many poor choices, short-sighted decisions and missed...
View ArticleIndigenous owners who defeated Cape York spaceport given back lands after 150...
Annastacia Palaszczuk says lands back with ‘rightful owners’, including site of scheme pushed by Joh Bjelke-Petersen...
View ArticleCarmichael Coal Mine and Rail Infrastructure project approved (Department of...
(Source: Department of the Environment - Australian Government) Show all Hide all The Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project is an open-cut and underground coal mine located approximately 300 kilometres...
View ArticleEnvironment law change would be undemocratic (ACF - Australian Conservation...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The committee backed the government's proposal to repeal s 487 of the Environmental Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act to restrict the...
View ArticleMYEFO lands another punch on Australia’s reefs, forests and wildlife (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The mid-year economic and fiscal outlook (MYEFO) has confirmed what a low priority Australia's air, reefs, forests and wildlife are to the Turnbull...
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